Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2016)

  SEEKING WORK
  Location: San Francisco
  Remote: Yes
  Relocate: No
  Technologies: JavaScript (4yr), CSS (5yr), DESIGN
  URL: http://mep.im
  Email: hi at mep dot im

Our company has web apps used by thousands daily that run on NodeJS / Cloudant / Docker / React.

Both of us have worked with different startups and large data companies over the past decade using a variety of technologies.

Current project: https://hyperchamber.255bits.com

Ruby code example(original authors): https://github.com/tutumcloud/ruby-tutum

Python/Tensorflow example: https://github.com/255BITS/hyperchamber-gan

Additional code examples available upon request.

We Email me at mikkel[at]255bits.com

Polyglots - JS, Ruby, Python, Groovy, Devops, Docker, Node, React, CouchDB, SQL, Rails

I'm Matt Walters. I've been coding in Node.js since, 2011, when I founded a company that went through TechStars (GoChime was sold to BounceExchange. Yay!). I also run meetup.com/nodejs and empirenode.org. Go #nodejs community!

Some stuff I've built:

- marketing platform for targeted campaigns based on intent expressed on twitter. distributed system including Twitter firehose ingestion, dashboards and analytics, and a micro-payments subsystem to pay individual campaign advertisers.

- a high-tech touchscreen treadmill (100% Node on a real treadmill with a custom Ubuntu box slapped on it, back in 2012. I start talking at 10mins on the vid below link #4)

- a solution to allow private companies to IPO without the help of an investment bank (cool tech! but, in reality the product failed because... CFOs are never fired for choosing Goldman Sachs!)

- a high-frequency capable bond trading exchange (distributed system of 30+ services), built on Node and dropping to C when needed for performance. literally billions of $$$'s traded on it! (the microservices + CQRS + event sourcing architecture are aspects I brought to the company as a consultant, initially tasked with growing the team and building the platform architecture)

- lots of open source libraries that made all of these and other systems work, link #2

My expertise in the last ten years has been mostly in eventually consistent systems. 'Microservices' has popped up as a work to describe what I've been doing since before Node was around. :)

Looking forward to hearing about opportunities to work together!

Hit me up! --> mattwalters5 at gmail

Fun links!

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwwalters 2) https://www.npmjs.com/~/mateodelnorte 3) https://techcrunch.com/2011/12/20/techstars-seattle-grad-goc... & www.geekwire.com/2016/bounce-exchange-acquires-techstars-seattle-grad-gochime/ 4) oldie but goodie from early 2012! I start talking at 10mins http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid156956616900... 5) video for this one coming soon: http://www.slideshare.net/matt4447/zero-to-scaleable-in-ten-...

I'm a full-stack developer based in Atlanta. I've built a profitable startup, so I know how to solve problems and get things done with a minimum amount of direction.

I can take on projects at any stage--from sketches on the back of a napkin, to 20 year old legacy code. Whether you need someone to build and deploy a complete product from the ground up, or untangle an existing mess, I can handle it.

I'm an excellent communicator, and I will provide clear and concise status reports through every phase of the project. My job is to make sure you never have to worry about how your project is going.

I'm good with Ruby/Rails, JavaScript (plus many js frameworks--React, Angular etc...), C#, Elm, Java, Go, CSS3, and HTML5.

I also have a strong foundation in computer science (B.S. in CS and part time grad student at Georgia Tech), and experience with many other languages and frameworks. I can handle anything you can throw at me, so don't hesitate to contact me if you don't see your technology stack listed.

Rates $60-90 per hour. Weekly/Monthly discounts available.

Email: learc83@gmail.com

Recent Client: https://mink.io/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbrown37

Github: https://github.com/learc83/

I can also bring in a designer if the project requires it. His portfolio: http://michaelkrontz.com/

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Our team includes 2 previous CTOs, an art director and 2 PhDs. Experience:

  * design/UI/UX, copywriting
  * web dev (Javascript, Python, Ruby, Java)
  * backend (latest sample of work: custom HTTP proxy in C++/boost supporting 1500 transactions per second, with persistent connections)
  * distributed systems (worked on fleets of 150+ servers, glued together with RabbitMQ, Kestrel and REST APIs)
  * DBs (MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Oracle DB)
  * provisioning (Ansible, Puppet; we like AWS!)